† proportionaryn.
Obsolete. rare.
1. Proportional arrangement of parts.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [noun] > due proportion or proportionateness > proportional arrangement of parts
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a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. Prol. p. iv So to werke yt after his proporcynary [printed propornary; 1533 proporcynary] That it may appere to all that shall it se A thynge ryght parfyth and well in eche degre.
2. A person skilled in calculating proportions; = proportionist n.
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the world > relative properties > number > ratio or proportion > [noun] > one who calculates
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1627 Pres. St. Eng. in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) III. 555 Professors of a rare and strange art or science, who are called Proportionaries... If you deliver one of these a bone of your grandfather's little finger, he will by that find the proportion of all his bones, and tell you to an inch how tall a man your grandfather was.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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